27 August 1914
Battle of Tannenberg
Hindenburg defeats Samsonov & turns on Rennenkampf who retreats to the Niemen River
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at River Niemen in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Hindenburg defeats Samsonov & turns on Rennenkampf who retreats to the Niemen River
Provenance
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